Don't Hit the Face

"Miss Nalan, why get so angry? Even if the deal falls through, goodwill should remain~"

Seeing Nalan Yanran looking as though she wanted to bite someone, Xiao Feng shrugged helplessly. "You refuse to let old master Nalan Jie come personally to break off the engagement, and you're unwilling to offer a little more compensation. Don't tell me you're trying to get this for free?"

"Pfft!"

A somewhat abrupt laugh suddenly came from a corner of the reception hall.

Facing everyone's gazes, Xiao Xun'er put on an innocent expression and pretended nothing had happened as she raised her book to hide the smile she could barely suppress.

Nalan Yanran first shot Xiao Xun'er an annoyed glare, then forcibly restrained the urge to bite someone. "Xiao Feng, do you think setting such excessive compensation terms will make me back down? All you're doing is making me look down on you even more. Don't you think you're being childish?"

"Fine! Since you won't accept either of those options, we can only settle this through strength."

Xiao Feng sighed helplessly and met Nalan Yanran's eyes with his Soul Eyes. "As long as you can defeat me, I'll agree to break off the engagement!"

"Really?"

Nalan Yanran almost thought she had misheard him.

After Nalan Yanran and the others entered Wutan City yesterday, Elder Ge Ye had specifically sent someone to inquire about the Xiao Family, including news that Xiao Feng had broken through to become a One Star Dou Zhe.

Although Xiao Feng's cultivation talent was already quite good, there was still a gap between him and Nalan Yanran.

With her cultivation as a Three Star Dou Zhe, Nalan Yanran already surpassed Xiao Feng in cultivation.

Moreover, the cultivation method and Dou Techniques she practiced were far more powerful than Xiao Feng's. How could Xiao Feng possibly be her match?

That was why Nalan Yanran suspected she had heard wrong. She did not believe Xiao Feng would propose such a guaranteed-losing wager.

"When I, Xiao Feng, speak, my word is as good as gold. As long as you can defeat me, I'll agree to break off the engagement with you."

Halfway through, Xiao Feng suddenly changed his tone. "However, if you lose, then aside from the engagement remaining as it is, you must also leave behind these two medicinal pills as an apology from your side to the Xiao Family."

"Fine! It's a deal!"

Nalan Yanran agreed without hesitation. She had absolute confidence in her own strength.

If she could not defeat Xiao Feng despite surpassing him in cultivation, cultivation methods, and Dou Techniques, then she would have no face left to bring up breaking off the engagement again.

"Then let's fight outside!"

Xiao Feng made a gesture of invitation toward Nalan Yanran and said with a hint of mockery, "There isn't enough room in the hall. I'm afraid you'll make excuses after you lose."

"You..."

Nalan Yanran snorted coldly. "I'll tear that filthy mouth of yours apart later!"

Seeing Xiao Feng and Nalan Yanran head outside, Xiao Zhan and the others hurriedly followed.

"Shing!"

With a wave of Nalan Yanran's delicate hand, a pale green longsword suddenly appeared out of thin air in her palm.

"Xiao Feng, to be honest, your cultivation talent is not much worse than mine. Unfortunately, the Xiao Family is too small. You are bound to lose this battle!"

Nalan Yanran gripped the sword hilt tightly and lifted her jade-white chin slightly, like a proud swan.

"Nalan Yanran, you talk too much!"

Xiao Feng suddenly roared, stomping down hard as he charged head-on at Nalan Yanran like an enraged bull.

A trace of disdain flashed through Nalan Yanran's beautiful eyes. Her longsword shot toward Xiao Feng's throat like lightning.

Because Nalan Yanran also cultivated a Wind Attribute cultivation method, and both her cultivation method and Dou Techniques had reached the Profound High-Rank, she was faster than Xiao Feng.

I've won this fight!

Just as the sword in Nalan Yanran's hand was about to pierce Xiao Feng's neck first, he suddenly raised his left arm.

"Pfft!"

With the sound of a blade piercing flesh, Xiao Feng's left arm was directly impaled by the sword.

Nalan Yanran's pupils contracted sharply. She instinctively tried to pull back her sword, and her movements faltered slightly.

But Xiao Feng gave her no chance to react. He forcibly locked the sword in place with his left arm, then mercilessly swung his right hand toward Nalan Yanran's pretty face.

"Smack!!!"

Before everyone's astonished and delighted eyes, Xiao Feng sent Nalan Yanran sprawling to the ground with a Big Slap, leaving her completely dazed.

"Feng'er!"

"Brother Feng!"

"Third Brother!"

Xiao Zhan and the others cried out in alarm and rushed to Xiao Feng's side to inspect the wound on his arm.

Seeing Xiao Feng's left arm completely pierced through and nearly split in two, Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan's faces darkened. Xiao Xun'er was so anxious that she was nearly in tears.

"Brother Feng... it's okay. Xun'er can definitely heal you."

As Xiao Xun'er spoke in a trembling voice filled with heartache, she took out a healing pill from her Storage Ring that could regenerate severed limbs and prepared to stuff it into Xiao Feng's mouth.

"There's no need. It's just a minor injury!"

Xiao Feng grabbed Xiao Xun'er's fair wrist and endured the agonizing pain in his arm as he comforted her. "Xun... Xun'er, don't worry. Brother Feng knows what he's doing."

"Then... then I'll stop the bleeding first."

Xiao Xun'er took out a roll of white bandages and tightly wrapped Xiao Feng's bleeding arm.

"..."

Having recovered from her dazed state, Nalan Yanran subconsciously touched her swollen red cheek, then looked at Xiao Feng's blood-soaked arm. She could not help crying out, "Madman! You madman!!!"

Although Nalan Yanran had aimed her sword at Xiao Feng's throat when she attacked just now, she had not intended to kill him.

In Nalan Yanran's plan, she was faster than Xiao Feng and could place her sword at his throat before him, winning the battle with ease.

What Nalan Yanran had not expected was that Xiao Feng would choose such a mutually destructive fighting style, willing to risk losing an arm just to give her a Big Slap.

"Idiot! Do you think I'm playing house with you?!"

Xiao Feng suddenly turned toward Nalan Yanran, glaring at her viciously as he berated her, "Can't you use that pig brain of yours to think about what the Xiao Family would face if you really broke off the engagement today?

Not only would the Xiao Family become the laughingstock of the entire Jia Ma Empire, but the forces hostile to our Xiao Family, as well as those seeking to curry favor with your Nalan Family and the Misty Cloud Sect, would also seize the chance to kick us while we're down.

By then, the entire Xiao Family would be walking on thin ice. One misstep could bring the danger of annihilation. So let alone one arm—even if I had to stake my life, I still had to defeat you!"

"I..."

Nalan Yanran instinctively wanted to retort, but when the words of explanation reached her lips, she found herself unable to say them.

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